[Intro] D# A# F Gm A# D# D# A# F Gm A# D# D# A# F My father said, "never give up son" Gm A# D# Just look how good Cassius become D# A# F Muhammad, Mahatama and Nelson Gm A# D# Not scared to be strong (Man, what if they say I'm no good) (What if they say, "get out of here kid, you got no future") D# A# F Now you could run and just say they're right Gm A# D# No, I'll never be no one in my whole life D# A# F Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong Gm A# D# And get to keep on dancing all life long D# A# F My father said, "never give up son" Gm A# D# Just look what Amelia and John done D# A# F Oh Rosa, Theresa their war won Gm A# D# Not scared to be strong D# A# F Now you could run and just say they're right Gm A# D# No, I'll never be no one in my whole life D# A# F Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong Gm A# D# And get to keep on dancing all life long A# Yeah, you could be Gm F Someone special A# D# You've got bright in your brains and lightning in your veins A# F You'll go higher then they've ever gone A# In you I see Gm F Someone special A# D# You've got fire in your eyes an' A# F When you realize, you'll go further then we've ever gone [Rap] Just turn it on D# A# F (I pay my intuition, I couldn't afford tuition) (My funds was insufficient, it felt like I'm in prison) Gm A# D# (Until I realized I had to set my mind free) (I was trusting statistics more than I trust me) D# A# F (Get a degree, good job, 401k) (But I'm trying to turn Ks to Ms, what does it take?) Gm A# D# (And maybe I could be the new Ali of music, probably) D# A# F (Instead of doing it just as a hobby, like these boys told me to) (I guess you either watch the show, or your show approved) Gm A# D# (Prove it to them or you prove it to yourself) (But honestly its better if you do it for yourself) D# A# F (Never complacent 'til we hit the oasis) (One life don't waste it, feel my heart races) Gm A# (Success I taste it, ah) D# (We on the verge, of gettin' every single thing that we deserve) A# Yeah you could be Gm F Someone special A# D# You've got fire in your eyes, I see heaven inside A# F You'll go further then we've ever gone A# In you I see Gm F Someone special A# D# You've got bright in your brains, you can break through the chains A# F You'll go higher then we've ever gone D# A# F Just turn it on ( Gm A# D# ) D# A# F In you I see Gm A# D# Someone special D# A# F Don't go to war with yourself Gm A# D# Just turn, just turn, just turn it on D# A# F And you can't go wrong [Final] Gm A# D#